Metallic tie



C. PAFF.

METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION man MAY 21. I918.

1,330,27 6. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

UNITED STA T-ES ; cHnRLEs PAFF, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

j METALLIC tcrn.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known thatI, CHARLES PArr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Ties, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact specification. This invention relates more particularly to a class of devices adapted to be used in conjunction with the rails for cars.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a tie 'designedto be employed for holding and supporting the rails'on va railroad bed, and which is of metal, in order to replace the use of ties made of wood as well as being of a form whereby the resiliency required of the functioning of this class of ties, is provided, besides being'con- .structed so as tocombine'unusual strength and durability. The invention consists essentially of an elongated body formed of sheet metal bent lengthwise to provide one or a number ofiinverted substantially U shaped members in cross section which are disposed in spaced parallel arrangement,

1 a v and at one end the opposed arms of these members are bridged by a plate which serves to support .the members when laid on a railroad bed as well asserving as a spring actuating element-t0 cause the members to yieldingly function when under the pressure of a load.

' Other objects of the invention are to provide in the side walls of each of the U-shaped members besides providing .in the spring supporting element corrugations or ribs whereby these parts of the ties will be strengthened; and to provide openings or entrances at the ends of each member ofthe body to allow ballast to be tamped into the f members.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention will be hereinafter more particu;

larly described with reference to-the accompanying drawing-forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is fragmentary view showing a top plan of a number of my improved metallic ties as employed for supporting car rails.

.Speci ficationof mars men? P m t 'p 10, 192 Application filed May 21, 1918. Serial-N0. 235,822. l

F is a detail sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detail end view.

Fig. dis a detail sectional view taken on the-line 4l of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detailsec'tionalview taken on the line 5.'-5 of Fig. 2, and 1 Fig. 6 isan enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing in perspective a portion which is made of sheet spring metal bent lengthwise to provide one or a number of members, though in the drawing a form of the body is'illustrated which shows two of the members, as 11 and 121' Both of these membersare of similarformation, and each member is of, the shape substantially of an inverted U in cross section to provide two .side arms or legs 13and 1 1 and a top plate 15 which is preferably somewhat flat. -The shaped members may be slightly rounded, as shown, and the arm 14:- of one member, and the arm 13 of theother member-may be somewhat shorter than the second arms of upper lengthwise edges" of each of the U- themembers. The members 11 and 12 of the body lOlare relatively disposed at some distance apart in parallel arrangement, .and the'lower ends of the opposed arms 13 and 1 1 of the members are connected or bridged by a crossplate, as 16.; By making the plate of sufiicient width a-yielding functioning of r the. members; 11 and 12 in upward and downward directions when under the pres.- sure of a load will be provided, and this cross plate also serves as .a supporting element when the tie is laid one. railroad bed by con"- tacting with the bed. )The free edge of the arm 13 of the U-shaped member 11, of the body 1,0;may. be flanged or beaded lengthwise, as-a't 17, while the freeend of the arm 14 of theU-shaped member 12 is flanged or beaded lengthwise, as at 1 8. The'arm 13 of the member 11 may also be transversely corrugated, or fluted or ribbed, as at 19, and the arm 14 of the member 12 may be likewise corrugated, or fluted or ribbed, as at 20, while the arm 13 of the member 11, the arm '14 of the member 12 as well as the plate 16 may be corrugated, or fluted or ribbed, as at 21, in order to reinforce the strength of the 45 out the required portions of the top plate,

U-shaped members as Well as the plate .16 when the tie'is made of comparativelythin sheet metal. Moreover, these corrugations tend to impart a yielding functioning of the end portions of the members of the tie.

At spaced intervals through the length of the body 10 the arms of the U-shaped members 11 and 12 may be tied by means of rods or bars, as 22, 23, 24:, which pass through registering openings in the-arms so as to be disposed across the recesses of the members and :across'the plate 16 between the members. In the top plate 15 at one end of each of the members of the body 10 is an opening 25, and in this top plate-at the other end of each member is a second opening 26. The opening's 25 and- 26 may be provided by cuttingout accordingly the top plate and then striking downwardly, as at 27 and 28,- respectively, the cutportions of the top plate for partially or entirely closing the ends of-the members. these openings serving to allowballast to be tamped into the hollow underside of the members 11 and 12 when'the tie is laid on a railroad bed. In practice a number of the ties are-laid in suitable spaced relation on'a railroad-bed in a manner similar'to the arrangement of the ordinary forms of wood ties so that the plate 16 of each'tie will rest upon the bed while the recessed or hollowundersides of the U-shaped members 11 and 12 of the body 10 are filled with ballast. "On the top plates 15 of the members 11 and 12 are then disposed in the usual fashion the carrails, as 29 and 80, and to allow the rails to be fastened to the members, Iprovide forms of clips 31 and 32 asdisclosed in my pendingapplication, serially numbered 239,570, filed June 12,1918. In

order to permit the clips to be employed, on

- theitop plate 15 of each of the U-shaped members Hand 12 of the body 10 and suitably spaced from the base flange ofthe rail, areprovided lugs, as 33 and 34. Each of these lugs'is formed preferably by cuttingand striking upwardly the cut-out parts in somewhat the'fashion of an inverted L so that the longitudinal arm of each lugwill protrude toward the base flange of the rail.

7 Thus .a very simple, efficientand durable metallic tie is provided for'railway rails to replace the use of wood ties. V

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I. do not wish to be understood as limitingmyselfthereto as I am aware that modithereof.

fications may be made therein without de parting fromthe principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope 'Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A metallictie formed of sheet metal to provide an elongated body including tWO arms of the members whereby said members will be yieldingly movable lengthwise upwardly and downwardly. Y e

3. A metallic tie formed of sheetm'et'al to provide an elongated body including two spaced parallel members each of substantially an inverted U-shape in cross section, and a yielding plate between theopposed arms of the-members, each of said members havingan opening at each of its ends.

t. A metallic tie formed'of sheet metal'to provide an elongated bodyof substantially an inverted Ushape in cross section, each arm of the body being corrugated andthe body having an opening in the top of each of its ends, and the body. 1

5. A metallic tie formed o'fs'heet metal to provide an elongated body including two spaced parallel members 'eachof substana plate closing each end of tially an inverted U-shape in cross section,

and ayielding plate between the opposed arms of the members, said plate aswellas the arms of each member being transversely.-

corrugated, and spaced bars connecting all of the arms of the members.

6. A metallic'tie formed of 7 provide an elongated body including two spaced parallel members-each of substantially an inverted U-sha-pe in cross section,

sheet metal-to and a yielding plate between the opposed arms of the-members, said plateas 'wellyas the armsof each member being transversely corrugated, and each member having an opening in its top at each ofits ends; In testimony whereof I .aflix mysigna-ture. "CHARLES PAFF. 

